Gallery: WildlifePosted March 14, 2011125 views10 comments
I was set up for our smaller red squirrels here in the Scottish Borders,when this big fella turned up.
Canon Mk11N,300mm lens,1/100 f5 and iso 320.
Phil.
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10 comments
Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 14, 2011 at 4:53 PM
Great shot- Awesome details and BG on larger version- Thanks for sharing, Fabio
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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 14, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Great sharpness - perfect perch and nice job fitting it in the frame
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 14, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Great squirrel image. The detail, dof, background and the little stump it is on are great. The moss and the cones add to the overall feeling of the image.
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 14, 2011 at 11:14 PM
Love the detail, color and pose. Nice work!
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Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 15, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Hi Phil,
Very nice colour and setting and your subject is nicely isolated from the background. Nice detail and exposure as well. In a perfect world I'd wish for more depth of field in the foreground to render the cones and moss sharper, but I recognize that stopping down would have impacted the cleanliness/smoothness of the background as well (one of those tricky compromise situations). I like that the full tail is included in the composition, but (another compromise!) I'm left wishing for just a little more room on the right side of the image (and I'm assuming that the inclusion of the tail dictated the positioning of the squirrrel in the frame). No idea if you have more room on the right side to add, but if you did I'd experiment with adding a little, even if it results in a slightly more pano crop.
But overall a very nice, eye-catching shot (and please recognize that my nits are very minor and mostly personal preference issues).
Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...
Brad
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 15, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Nice shot, great detail and perch. Nicely done
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 15, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Wonderful pose on the stump and I like the overall color scheme. Nice detail on the larger image, way to go.
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Comment posted by Oscar Benavides on March 15, 2011 at 6:19 PM
Nice detail of this squirrel. I agree with Brad, more detail in the foreground and more room on the right, if posible, would improve the image. I recommend seeing the large version. Nice shot.
Registered on January 2, 2011, 12 Posts, 141 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 15, 2011 at 8:33 PM
Spectacular. I love the mossy setting and beautiful background. A little bit more room for the tail would be my only wish. Quite the bushy tail on this good looking fella.
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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 16, 2011 at 7:06 AM
What a tail! I really like that pile of cones. It's like his lunch table
Registered on July 23, 2005, 111 Posts, 408 Comments
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10 commentsVery nice colour and setting and your subject is nicely isolated from the background. Nice detail and exposure as well. In a perfect world I'd wish for more depth of field in the foreground to render the cones and moss sharper, but I recognize that stopping down would have impacted the cleanliness/smoothness of the background as well (one of those tricky compromise situations). I like that the full tail is included in the composition, but (another compromise!) I'm left wishing for just a little more room on the right side of the image (and I'm assuming that the inclusion of the tail dictated the positioning of the squirrrel in the frame). No idea if you have more room on the right side to add, but if you did I'd experiment with adding a little, even if it results in a slightly more pano crop.
But overall a very nice, eye-catching shot (and please recognize that my nits are very minor and mostly personal preference issues).
Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...
Brad